Module Notes

Module Notes

Unit 1 Module 1 - Sociology, Culture & Identity Sociology the Discipline

Methods of Research ( Methodology)
Origins of Caribbean Sociology
Definition of Culture
Caribbean Culture
Definition of Identity
Caribbean Identity
Sociology a Science
Positivism
Sampling

Unit 1 Module 2 - Social Institutions, Family, Religion & Education Family

Functionalist Functions of the Family
Family Types
Ethnic Families
Religion
General Definitions
Types of Religions
Functions of Religion
Origins of Caribbean Religions
Education
Functions of Education
History and Development of Caribbean Education
Other Readings on the Family

Unit 1 Module 3 - Social Stratification & Social Mobility Definition of Stratification and Mobility

Functions of Stratification and Mobility
Caribbean Stratification
Social mobility in the Caribbean
Plural Society

Unit 2 Module 1 - Population Studies Caribbean Statistics

Cedula of Population
Trinidad and Tobago Social and Economic Indicators

Unit 2 Module 2 - Social Control, Crime & Deviance Women in Crime

World Statistics on Crime
Moral Panics
Marxist Perspective on Crime
Interactionist Perspective on Crime and Deviance
Crime in Barbados
Social Control Theory
Additional Reading and Statistics Caribbean Crime

Unit 2 Module 3 - Poverty & Social Development Evolutionary Theories of Social Change

Modernization Theory Economic Perspective
Dependency Theory
World System Theory
Caribbean Poverty
Caribbean Gender Labour Force Participation
Theories of Poverty